LEADER 04130nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910455495903321 005 20210921031406.0 010 $a1-282-75214-6 010 $a9786612752148 010 $a1-4008-2157-6 010 $a1-4008-1330-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400821570 035 $a(CKB)111056486503552 035 $a(EBL)617281 035 $a(OCoLC)705526980 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000230389 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11218135 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000230389 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10178308 035 $a(PQKB)11251220 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC617281 035 $a(OCoLC)701237875 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse35989 035 $a(DE-B1597)446139 035 $a(OCoLC)979623607 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400821570 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL617281 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10035763 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL275214 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486503552 100 $a19940518d1995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPublic entrepreneurs$b[electronic resource] $eagents for change in American government /$fMark Schneider and Paul Teske with Michael Mintrom 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc1995 215 $a1 online resource (276 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-691-03725-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [239]-255) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Figures --$tList of Tables --$tAcknowledgments --$tPART ONE: A THEORY OF THE PUBLIC ENTREPRENEUR --$tPART TWO: THE DECISION CALCULUS OF THE PUBLIC ENTREPRENEUR --$tPART THREE: THE MILIEUX OF THE PUBLIC ENTREPRENEUR --$tPART FOUR: ENTREPRENEURS AND CHANGE IN THE LOCAL MARKET FOR PUBLIC GOODS --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aSeizing opportunities, inventing new products, transforming markets--entrepreneurs are an important and well-documented part of the private sector landscape. Do they have counterparts in the public sphere? The authors argue that they do, and test their argument by focusing on agents of dynamic political change in suburbs across the United States, where much of the entrepreneurial activity in American politics occurs. The public entrepreneurs they identify are most often mayors, city managers, or individual citizens. These entrepreneurs develop innovative ideas and implement new service and tax arrangements where existing administrative practices and budgetary allocations prove inadequate to meet a range of problems, from economic development to the racial transition of neighborhoods. How do public entrepreneurs emerge? How much does the future of urban development depend on them? This book answers these questions, using data from over 1,000 local governments. The emergence of public entrepreneurs depends on a set of familiar cost-benefit calculations. Like private sector risk-takers, public entrepreneurs exploit opportunities emerging from imperfect markets for public goods, from collective-action problems that impede private solutions, and from situations where information is costly and the supply of services is uneven. The authors augment their quantitative analysis with ten case studies and show that bottom-up change driven by politicians, public managers, and other local agents obeys regular and predictable rules. 606 $aEntrepreneurship$zUnited States 606 $aGovernment business enterprises$zUnited States 606 $aLocal government$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEntrepreneurship 615 0$aGovernment business enterprises 615 0$aLocal government 676 $a306.2 700 $aSchneider$b Mark$f1946-$0912585 701 $aTeske$b Paul$g(Paul Eric)$0293857 701 $aMintrom$b Michael$f1963-$01026444 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455495903321 996 $aPublic entrepreneurs$92441348 997 $aUNINA